Soil Health - Articles

Bayer, Bunge, Chevron Reach Ownership Agreement for CoverCress

August 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

CoverCress Inc. will continue as an independent entity under tripartite ownership by Bayer, Bunge, and Chevron. Bayer will own 65% of the shares, while Bunge and Cheveron will own the remaining 35%.

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Did You Use a Biological Product This Year?

By Jim Leverich posted on July 29, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Our latest edition of Ask the Operator resolves something of a cliffhanger from the beginning of the Fellowship Program. Jim Leverich had said he planned to potentially use a biological product for yields this year.

[Podcast] A Savage Take on No-Till

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, we caught up with Steve Savage to chat with him about a couple of his recent articles. Stay tuned to hear him discuss the history of no-till farming, why the practice has been so important, and how it will play a role in the future of conservation.

By Julia Gerlach posted on July 28, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, we caught up with Steve Savage to chat with him about a couple of his recent articles. Stay tuned to hear him discuss the history of no-till farming, why the practice has been so important, and how it will play a role in the future of conservation.

Ag Groups ask for Time on EPA Re-evaluation of No-Till Tool Atrazine

By Brian O'Connor posted on July 28, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health, Water Management

Ag groups are calling more time, and at least one professor of weed science is calling for atrazine levels to remain unchanged, documents submitted to the EPA website show.

Carbon Markets, Academics Can Leverage Private Labs to Help No-Tillers

July 28, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Rock River Laboratory

The soil carbon market is based largely on theoretical carbon offsets derived from complex algorithms, and in some cases artificial intelligence. While the mathematics that go into predicting these offsets is undoubtedly impressive, the predictions will invariably require ground-truthing.

You Can't Eat or Drink it, but you can Trade it: Carbon Credits 101

July 25, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Climate Conversations Newsletter

This explanatory column by the CEO of Climate Conversations explains carbon credits in easy-to-understand terms.

2Blades and Corteva Agriscience Develop Resistance for Soybean Rust

July 22, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection, Soil Health

2Blades and Corteva Agriscience announced they have reached a milestone in their collaboration to develop a transgene for Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) resistance with successful field trials of Latin American soybean varieties containing the new ASR transgene. This achievement marks an important point in the research collaboration between two organizations, which seeks to develop durable resistance and minimize grower losses due to the plant pathogen.

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